If that is the box you are looking for the DCH is going to be the exact same thing. The DCH series is just a replacement for the DCT series because of separable security rules. 6000 series boxes have an analog tuner, which is no longer needed because of all digital simulcast. 3000 series boxes only have a digital tuner.

homcom, thanks for the info. Do I understand correctly that the DCH3200 (HD), and the DCT700 and DCH70 (SD) can all be programmed to change channels for timer recordings on my DVDR? Do the SD boxes have S-Vid outs, as well as composite?

homcom, thanks for the info. Do I understand correctly that the DCH3200 (HD), and the DCT700 and DCH70 (SD) can all be programmed to change channels for timer recordings on my DVDR? Do the SD boxes have S-Vid outs, as well as composite?

I am 90% sure that they all three boxes can do timer recording, I only have DVRs so I will try to confirm with some friends for you. Only the DCH3200 has S-Video. DCT700 and DCH70 are RF and composite only.

I've tried to find some info on line. I found one person saying that the DCH 70 can't be programmed to change channels, but will accept an IR blaster. Unfortunately, my DVDR has no IR blaster. Also, I prefer S-Vid, so I guess I am really most interested in the DCT 6200, and the DCH 3200. Unfortunately, when I search Comcast's web site for them, nothing comes up. Thanks for any help you can provide. I can no longer record TCM, and will soon lose CNN, MSNBC, and Comedy Central, all of which I like to record in SD on my DVDR.

Am I the only one who noticed that WWJ-TV just didn't broadcast Cold Cast last night?

My best guess is that they didn't notice that the football game ran about 65 minutes long and assumed they were only 5 minutes behind, so they ran their 11:00pm CSI Miami rerun at 11:05 PM (or so) on top of where Cold Case should have been.

Am I the only one who noticed that WWJ-TV just didn't broadcast Cold Cast last night?

My best guess is that they didn't notice that the football game ran about 65 minutes long and assumed they were only 5 minutes behind, so they ran their 11:00pm CSI Miami rerun at 11:05 PM (or so) on top of where Cold Case should have been.

IDIOTS!!!

According to this discussion on the TV or Not TV forum, Cold Case got pre-empted in the East.

if we had a real CBS station someone might have put up a crawl explaining the show was pre-empted.

Do you want a "real" one or a "good" one?

WWJ is CBS O&O, but 11 PM is reruns under the "No news is good news" banner.

I watched an hour and a quarter of a football game I didn't care about to determine the time shift for Cold Case, and they scrub the episode? I might be done with Cold Case. I used to do it last year for the Unit, but CC has been on my "marginal" list for a while. I'm not sure it is worth the work to DVR it every week.

WWJ is CBS O&O, but 11 PM is reruns under the "No news is good news" banner.

I watched an hour and a quarter of a football game I didn't care about to determine the time shift for Cold Case, and they scrub the episode? I might be done with Cold Case. I used to do it last year for the Unit, but CC has been on my "marginal" list for a while. I'm not sure it is worth the work to DVR it every week.

You say that like it is choice WWJ is niether real or good. I have always hated WWJ because they basically have no local presence. CBS treats this market like garbage and we deserve better.

I have to wonder is there even someone there running the place on a Sunday Night that could run a crawl in the event of a show getting bumped for football.

Not to mention it was such an important game they shoved down our throats in first place.

I have to wonder is there even someone there running the place on a Sunday Night that could run a crawl in the event of a show getting bumped for football..

I don't have any information as to WWJ-DT's decision-making process, but if you were programming it and your bonuses depended on ratings, you wouldn't run the crawl, either. Every Nielsen home that sits there through Maddus is money in your pocket. Run the crawl and they're gone. In a market where just a tenth of a share can mean a couple hundred grand difference in your bottom line, you don't want to tell them "Hey, your show isn't going to be on, so you can turn off your TV, now." Sure, you'd think it'd be common courtesy, but in a market as tight on ad dollars as this one is, common courtesy loses to bottom line.

Heck, the whole reason Maddus is there is to hold on to that 11:00 viewer just long enough to get counted.

Again, that's just me thinking like a programmer and should in no way be construed as what actually goes into ANY CBS decision making process.

As usual, another cable company fails with HD channel numbering. I cannot understand how DirecTV and Dish were able to get it right, with HD and SD channels on the same number, while no cable company (or more likely, no cable IPG developer) has been able to do it. The satellite way makes infinitely more sense, and you'd think cable would be eager to copy it.

Fox Sports Detroit unveiled a studio on Oct. 1, marking the first time that the regional network has a home base for game coverage. The studio, completed in conjunction with the network's conversion to an all-digital facility, is the result of a multi-year planning and construction plan.

It's not just the studio aspect that was a challenge, says Fox Sports Detroit Executive Producer John Tuohey. Converting our facility from standard definition to high definition [meant] we had two things going on at the same time.

Prior to the studio construction, all pre-game, post-game, and intermission programming was generated from the sports venues and the on-site production truck. Since the trucks are really built for game production, he says, having a studio and having additional resources to record highlights and have other features available really allows us to make the show much bigger and better than we could from the production truck.

The new studio sits in a 20- x 30-ft. soundstage and features two Ikegami HD cameras, a Ross 2ME HD production switcher, 360 Systems' MAXX-2400 four-channel HD broadcast server, Chyron HyperX HD character generator, Yamaha Digital 96 5.1-channel surround-sound audio mixer, and, from Avid, ISIS/Interplay editing and four Media Composer edit systems integrated with an Interplay asset-manager system. A custom-designed set from FX Group is supported by two 73-in. DLP rear-projection monitors and a 32-in. LCD.

The Fox Sports Detroit facility is tied via HD fiber connections to the Joe Lewis Arena, The Palace of Auburn Hills, and Comerica Park, as well as to the FSN national technical operations center in Houston.

Shifting from the tape world to the media-based, file-based way of storing [and editing] footage is a really a step, says Tuohey. While the transition from the videotape world will take some time, this move to hard-drive and flash-drive storage is remarkable. It turned out to be well worth the wait.

Planning for this conversion and studio construction began nearly four years ago. It was in the past year and a half that it looked like it was finally going to happen, he says, adding that, for him, the delay in building the studio was a blessing. It allowed us to put a high-definition facility in place. If we had gotten the green light [for the studio] four years ago, we would have needed an overhaul by now anyway.

The studio, located in the Fox Sports Detroit facilities in Southfield, MI, sit almost equidistant from downtown Detroit and the Palace in Auburn Hills. We're ideally located for the major sites we go to, Tuohey points out. Fox Sports Detroit carries the Detroit Red Wings, Pistons, and Tigers games. A multi-year sponsorship of the studio by The Sam Bernstein Law Firm gives the facility the name Call Sam Studio.

While current production from the studio includes the pre- and post-game and intermission programming previously produced on location, Tuohey believes we probably have the opportunity to find [expanded] programming and productions the studio will help us evolve into.

I don't have any information as to WWJ-DT's decision-making process, but if you were programming it and your bonuses depended on ratings, you wouldn't run the crawl, either. Every Nielsen home that sits there through Maddus is money in your pocket. Run the crawl and they're gone. In a market where just a tenth of a share can mean a couple hundred grand difference in your bottom line, you don't want to tell them "Hey, your show isn't going to be on, so you can turn off your TV, now." Sure, you'd think it'd be common courtesy, but in a market as tight on ad dollars as this one is, common courtesy loses to bottom line.

Heck, the whole reason Maddus is there is to hold on to that 11:00 viewer just long enough to get counted.

Again, that's just me thinking like a programmer and should in no way be construed as what actually goes into ANY CBS decision making process.

I see your point. But that is the reason why they are a sham of a station. In my mind a local affiliate should originate some local programming, and more importantly be a have presence in the community they serve.

WWJ has 5 minutes of weather and some local show called Michigan Matters. Seriously is there even someone in control room to run an Amber alert or weather alert.

I see your point. But that is the reason why they are a sham of a station. In my mind a local affiliate should originate some local programming, and more importantly be a have presence in the community they serve.

WWJ has 5 minutes of weather and some local show called Michigan Matters. Seriously is there even someone in control room to run an Amber alert or weather alert.

They also have a few hours of what some might call a local newscast each weekday.

Frankly, I have found WWJ and WKBD to be the most consistent in what they provide as far as emergency alerts and how they show them.

Comcast in Ann Arbor just added The Independent Film Channel in HD. I like the IFC a lot, and was looking forward to seeing it in HD. So, imagine my disgust when I tuned in to two different movies, and found they were stretched horizontally, with black bars top and bottom!

I checked the SD channel, and they were both 16x9 letterboxed, in the right aspect ratio, so at least I could zoom it, and fill the screen. Does anyone have any idea when and if the IFCHD will really have HD, in the correct aspect ratio?